I hope we get a follow up to find out why the drive ended up taped there. I also hope it's some really whacky story that sounded like a good idea tithe guy at the time, not just an intentional bomb hoax or something stupid like that's.

An preliminary inspection of the device showed it was actually a camera disguised as a flash drive, the officials said.Later, senior government officials said the device was taped to part of the bathroom.

Someone has been watching too much Japanese Porn.

If you are going to do something like this, don't be a jerk. Please plant it in a small restaurant where you can not bother over 200 people, and then be charged with federal crime if caught.

And the NSA could have plausibly denied the word of your civilian reporter. Remember when the guy stood in front of Congress and said the non-denial denial? Snowden released a whole lot of tangible proof, un-pausibly-deniable proof, that the NSA was doing something interesting.

IoSaturnalia PanicMan: No injuries related to the incident were reported.Has a thumb drive ever caused an injury?I hurt myself facepalming a few weeks ago when one of my customers found one in the parking lot at lunch.Him: "Cool. Free USB stick!"

And this is where I chuckle about how funny it is to think that everyone on board has gone through the pillar of "security" that is the TSA before boarding the aircraft. Yet, they have to divert, do the 12" extended remix of the dog and pony show to "secure" the aircraft, blah blah blah.